linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bus: arm-ccn: Fix module autoload

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Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:31:07 -0300
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bus: arm-ccn: Fix module autoload

Hello,

On 01/02/2017 10:02 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module
> alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered
> device with the corresponding module.
> 
> Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro.
> 
> Before this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/bus/arm-ccn.ko | grep alias
> $
> 
> After this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/bus/arm-ccn.ko | grep alias
> alias:          of:N*T*Carm,ccn-504C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Carm,ccn-504
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
> ---

Any comments about this patch?

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America